Monroe County Public Records

Monroe County is located in southeast Michigan. The County Seat is Monroe and the largest city is Monroe. The Official Web Site is located at http://www.co.monroe.mi.us/. The 2014 population estimate is 149,824 and the 2010 census population was 152,021. The land area is 549.39 square miles and there are 276.7 persons per square mile.

95% of the population is White, 2.3% is Black or African American, 3.3% is Hispanic or Latino, 0.6% is Asian, 0.4% is American Indian or Alaska Native, 0% is Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, and 1.6% is two or more races. 89.3% have a high school degree or higher, and 18% have a Bachelor degree or higher.

The median home value is $139,100, there are 58,702 households, an average of 2.55 persons per household. The per capita income is $25,939, the median household income is $53,972, and 12.3% of the persons in Monroe County are considered below poverty level.

The total number of firms, at last estimate, was 10,419. Retail sales (in $1000) were $1,465,317, and sales per capita were $9,555. The percentage of black-owned firms is 1.7%, and the percentage of women-owned firms is 28.9%.

Use the links below to find information about government and court services and public records in Monroe County such as countywide, city, and township property records, recorded documents such as deeds and mortgages, inmate, offender, and most wanted records, cemetery and interment records, obituaries, voter registration, subdivision plats, genealogy records, and more.

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